Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
| Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Biology & Biochemistry in 2021/2. Follow the links on the unit codes to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function. |
- Certificate (FHEQ level 4) level units (e.g. units coded BB1*)
- Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) level units (e.g. units coded BB2*)
- Honours (FHEQ level 6) level units (e.g. units coded BB3*)
- Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) level units (e.g. units coded BB4* or BB5*)
| Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
Academic Year |
| BB10213 | Practical research and academic skills | 12 Credits |
| BB10216 | Practical research and academic skills for biologists | 12 Credits |
| BB10263 | Biochemistry | 12 Credits |
| BB10264 | Cell biology | 12 Credits |
| BB10265 | Ecology & evolution | 12 Credits |
| BB10266 | The life of Earth | 12 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| BB10007 | Genetics | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| BB10186 | Proteins: purification and characterisation | 6 Credits |
| BB10214 | Human molecular genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB10215 | Biochemistry for biologists | 6 Credits |
| BB10262 | Human biochemistry | 5 Credits |
| Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
Academic Year |
| BB20075 | Professional training placement | 60 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| BB20020 | Protein structure | 6 Credits |
| BB20023 | Cancer biology | 6 Credits |
| BB20024 | The dynamic cell 1 | 6 Credits |
| BB20030 | Plant physiology & biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB20032 | Plant symbiosis & pathology | 6 Credits |
| BB20040 | Concepts in evolution | 6 Credits |
| BB20149 | Molecular genetics of vertebrate development | 6 Credits |
| BB20202 | Infection and immunity I: microbiology | 6 Credits |
| BB20219 | Genomics 1 | 6 Credits |
| BB20221 | Human physiology in health and disease | 6 Credits |
| BB20258 | Pathology | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| BB20015 | Biochemical problems & bioinformatics | 6 Credits |
| BB20018 | Enzymology | 6 Credits |
| BB20025 | Practical molecular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB20027 | Infection and immunity II: immunology | 6 Credits |
| BB20028 | Molecular and cellular neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB20031 | Plant biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB20153 | Data interpretation | 6 Credits |
| BB20160 | The dynamic cell 2 | 6 Credits |
| BB20173 | Behaviour & ecology | 6 Credits |
| BB20220 | Genomics 2 | 6 Credits |
| BB20222 | Molecular medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB20224 | Medical microbiology | 6 Credits |
| BB20226 | Field course | 6 Credits |
| Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
Academic Year |
| BB30234 | Final year project D | 30 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| BB30042 | Final year project A | 18 Credits |
| BB30044 | Molecular & medical neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB30045 | Cell membranes | 6 Credits |
| BB30123 | Biological ethics | 6 Credits |
| BB30129 | Sensory and signalling networks in plants | 6 Credits |
| BB30162 | Protein synthesis, folding and turnover | 6 Credits |
| BB30208 | Evolutionary quantitative genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB30227 | Biomedical sciences dissertation | 18 Credits |
| BB30229 | Genetic basis of inherited diseases | 6 Credits |
| BB30231 | Human genomics | 6 Credits |
| BB30233 | Final year project C | 30 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| BB30042 | Final year project A | 18 Credits |
| BB30063 | Vaccines and other health interventions | 6 Credits |
| BB30067 | Advanced developmental genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB30091 | Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology | 6 Credits |
| BB30131 | Evolution in deep time | 6 Credits |
| BB30132 | Sexual conflict | 6 Credits |
| BB30156 | Conservation biology | 6 Credits |
| BB30161 | Developmental neurobiology | 6 Credits |
| BB30169 | Concepts in systems biology | 6 Credits |
| BB30227 | Biomedical sciences dissertation | 18 Credits |
| BB30230 | Cancer therapeutics | 6 Credits |
| BB30232 | Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB30233 | Final year project C | 30 Credits |
| Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
Academic Year |
| BB50240 | Broadening horizons | 10 Credits |
| BB50241 | Research project 1A | 15 Credits |
| BB50242 | Research project 1B | 15 Credits |
| BB50243 | Research project 2 | 30 Credits |
| BB50244 | Advances in molecular microbiology | 20 Credits |
| BB50245 | Advances in molecular medicine | 20 Credits |
| BB50246 | Advances in molecular biotechnology | 20 Credits |
| BB50247 | Advances in bioinformatics | 20 Credits |
| BB50248 | Cancer genetics and therapy | 15 Credits |
| BB50249 | Molecular neuroscience and neurodegeneration | 15 Credits |
| BB50250 | Developmental genetics and disorders | 15 Credits |
| BB50252 | Infectious diseases | 15 Credits |
| BB50253 | Molecular phylogenetics and epidemiology | 15 Credits |
| BB50254 | Plant infection and immunity | 15 Credits |
| BB50255 | Medical biotechnology | 15 Credits |
| BB50256 | Plant biotechnology | 15 Credits |
| XX50234 | Immunology and immunotherapy | 15 Credits |
| XX50235 | Applied data science in biology | 15 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| BB40078 | Entrepreneurial biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB40082 | Frontiers of neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB40083 | Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB40102 | Molecular mechanisms of disease | 6 Credits |
| BB40124 | Human developmental disorders | 6 Credits |
| BB40128 | The evolution of genetic systems | 6 Credits |
| BB40130 | Research project (MSci) | 18 Credits |
| BB40134 | Molecular phylogenetics | 6 Credits |
| BB40139 | Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes | 6 Credits |
| BB40184 | Cell biology of metastasis | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| BB40048 | Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems | 6 Credits |
| BB40085 | Medical biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB40086 | Molecular immunology | 6 Credits |
| BB40109 | Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB40117 | Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature | 6 Credits |
| BB40118 | Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation | 6 Credits |
| BB40130 | Research project (MSci) | 18 Credits |
| BB40133 | Plant responses to abiotic stress | 6 Credits |
| BB40140 | Plant biotechnology & the environment | 6 Credits |
| BB40164 | Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration | 6 Credits |
| BB40193 | Sexual conflict | 6 Credits |
| BB40195 | Conservation biology | 6 Credits |